Sweatband



L. KLEENMA N SWEATBAND Dec. 9, 1941,

Filed June 27, 1938 3npentor ZOZJJZJ Klein 39 M Gtfornegs.

Patented Dec. 9, 1941 1.1 N IT 1: o STATE- 5 PAT OFHC s SWEATBA'ND Louis Kleinman, Brooklyn, N. Application June 27, 1938, Serial No. 216,168

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a new and improved sweatband, it being understood that the claims for the improved article are not limited to any method of manufacture thereof.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved sweatband having absorbent material associated therewith.

Another object is to provide an improved sweatband which can be made of leather and which is provided at its inner surface with an attached member which forms a hem, absorbent material being provided in said hem.

Another object is to provide an article of this type in which the absorbent material consists of one or more wick members which are highly absorbent.

Another object of the invention is to stitch the hem forming member to the body of the sweatband, so as to provide an article which will be comfortable and which will have a suitable neat appearance.

Other objects of the invention will be stated in the following description and drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the completed sweatband.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved sweatband comprises a strip of leather or other material L, to which a doubled inner member W is connected, preferably by means of lines of zig-zag stitches Ia and 2a. The member W may be made of any material such as a suitable waterproofed fabric, so that moisture or grease cannot penetrate said material. Only one fold of the doubled member W may advantageously be connected by the stitches to the leather strip while the remaining layer of said member is merely folded back, so as to cover the pocket containing absorbent material A and also, if desired, the surface of the leather strip.

When there is an outer turned end of the waterproof member W, the said end may have a reed R which can be of Wood or wire or of any other flexible material. This reed R may be omitted if desired.

The stitches 2a pass through both layers of the member W. Also in this embodiment, the stitches la pass through only a single layer of the member W. The inner fold of the member W may be of smaller width than the width of the body of said member W, which directly abuts the inner surface of the member L. However, if desired the inner fold of the member W can be of sufficient width to have the stitches la pass through the same.

When the sweatband is inserted into the hat, the absorbent material or members A are located at the base of the sweatband although this can be varied as desired.

While I do not wish to be limited to the nature of the absorbent material A, I prefer that this shall consist of three or of any suitable number of absorbent wicks. The stitches la and 2a skip said wicks and said stitches form a hem or pocket in which the wicks A are held against creeping. The wicks A may be held under any desired compression in said pocket. Said compression may be very slight or negligible. The zig-zag stitches 2a pass alternately through the leather strip L and they alternately skip said leather strip L. For example, the stitches 2a skip the edge of the leather band L at the points 21), and they penetrate the leather band L at the points 20.

The composite sweatband shown in Figure 1 can therefore be made in any desired length. The ends of the sweatband can be sewed to each other in the usual manner, when the sweatband is applied to the hat. Since the process of assembling and feeding and the various elements and forming the stitches is a continuous one, members of .any desired length can be made, and sections can be cut off from one said member, each section being of sufficient length to make a sweatband.

Whenever I refer to a sweatband in the claims I include the composite strips shown in Figure 1 since this can be made in any desired length and supplied to manufacturers of hats. I

Since the zig-zag stitches 2a skip the edge of the cover strip L at the points 21), these stitches form a covering for the raw edge of the leather strip. The stitches 2a can be very close to each other so that the raw edge of the leather strip L is substantially concealed by said zig-zag stitches. 'Itahe member W may be designated as a binding s Ilp.

It is obvious that various changes and modifi: cations may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A sweatijand strip comprising, in combination, a first folded waterproof flexible member to form a first pocket, a flexible reed located in said pocket, a flexible second member connected to one layer of said folded first member along spaced longitudinal lines to form a second pocket; said second pocket being spaced from said reed pocket, flexible absorbent material located in said second pocket, the edge of said second pocket nearest the first pocket being secured by stitches passing through gthe first member and through the second membef skipping the raw edge of said second memb i', said stitches being close to each other and adapted to substantially conceal said raw edge of said second member and to space same from the reed pocket.

2. A sweatband strip comprising, in combination, a double folded waterproof flexible member a to form a first pocket, a flexible reed located in v the first member overlapping the second pocket.

LOUIS KLEINMAN. 

